“To this point, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been the Republican flavor of the year. Events from the IRS scandal to NSA revelations to the Obamacare train wreck have corroborated libertarian suspicions of federal power. And Paul has shown… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter. If I were the media, I would be wary of using anything that came out of these document dumps which serves the purpose of a foreign power. But, at the very least, Americans have to discount… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
“Freedom requires virtues it does not produce and may even help undermine.” — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
The Republican Party has become more conservative. The Democratic Party has become marginally more liberal. There's almost no overlap in the middle, ideological overlap,… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
It's hard when the worst people in the country are cheering, the people with the confederate flag, the people that do anti-Semitism on Twitter, that's difficult for a lot of people in this country. But, you know, I do think an inaugural, for example, is almost always an act of national healing. — Michael Gerson Copy Share
Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not. — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
The problem with these presidential debates like this is that you can't really prepare for them, because the questions are so individual and personal… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
“To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
When your goal is to bring together the country in a substantive way to say that we're united by values and more - that… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
When you analyze it, Mike Pence could only defend Donald Trump in some circumstances by projecting an image of himself, as though he were… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
The NSA is not looking through people's address books and Visa bills and violating the rights of average citizens. That's not what the NSA… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
